Up the Heights of Fame and Fortune

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Excerpt from Up the Heights of Fame and Fortune: And the Routes Taken by the Climbers to Become Men of MarkThe dormant power of the coal beds of America, which has awaited the beaming of this high noon of the nineteenth century, is destined to perform an important part in the onward march of events.The story of the invention and early development of the Amer ican Telegraph has never before been told. In the rushing move ments of modern life none can tarry to read or listen to long sto ries: what is done, must be done quickly, and what is said, must be said briefly. Interesting and instructive facts are in demand, but they must be given in short space, and with due consideration for the value of time, now that modern Motors have gone so far toward annihilating both space and time. We can not doubt that the series of events brought to view in the sketches of Morse and Vail, although brie¿y narrated, will be especially interesting to very many people. The facts are impartially stated, with no purpose but to present the truth.The later portions of the work, comprised in parts II and III, will be found to possess attractions of a different kind - possibly not less desirable, even if in substance less positively material. The sketches in these divisions of the work are certainly as well adapted to mold character and incite to noble aims.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.